A Visual Studio extension for easily adding new files to any project. Simply hit Shift+F2 to create an empty file in the selected folder or in the same folder as the selected file.

Download the extension at the VS Gallery or get the nightly build

• Easily create any file with any file extension
• Create files starting with a dot like .gitignore
• Create deeper folder structures easily if required
• Create folders when the entered name ends with a /

A new button is added to the context menu in Solution Explorer.

You can either click that button or use the keybord shortcut Shift+F2.

Create additional folders for your file by using forward-slash to specify the structure.

For example, by typing scripts/test.js in the dialog, the folder scripts is created if it doesn't exist and the file test.js is then placed into it.